Visualization, Hypnosis And Meditation Reduce Stress Hormones For Safer And More Comfortable Births

As you may know by now, we are strong believers that the mind is powerful enough to procure your desired outcome, and of course to ease tension, aches, illness and more. We believe visualization, meditation and affirmations are not just some “voodoo,” but very effective methods to achieve a safer, more relaxed birth, to reduce insomnia and to heal.

But don't just take our word for it. Herbert Benson, M.D., director emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital has done research to prove these relaxation techniques work. His research showed four important things:

This same relaxation response causes cells to release nitric oxide, which dilates blood vessels and stabilizes the immune system.

A study in NeuroReport showed that people who meditate have a thicker prefrontal cortex and anterior right insula, areas connected to attention and sensory processing. What’s interesting about this finding is that, as you get older, most people’s brains begin to shrink. In the cases of people who meditate, their brains seem to become stronger.

In a study published by PLoS ONE, Dr. Benson compared the genes of 38 people. Half of them meditated regularly and half never meditated. He found that genes connected with stress-related illness acted differently in the two groups. As a result, the meditators stressed less and were seemingly aging more slowly. Note that in this study, Dr. Benson controlled for other factors.

To us, all of these points are amazing, though we find the genes-changing-point to be the most fascinating. Despite all of this, a Self.com poll shows that almost 50% of people are skeptics when it comes to the mind/body connection.

Hopefully, you are part of the other half that believes these relaxation techniques work. More and more studies are showing the kinds of positive information that Dr. Benson has shown. We know for ourselves that they work! You can read about our story here.

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